XRISM XTEND observation 000159000

Title

NEW PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS USING RESONANCE LINES ON MCV PLASMA

Abstract

The scientific goal of this proposal is to demonstrate the NEW plasma diagnostics of ``optically-thin'' thermal plasma using the ``optically-thick'' resonance photons, since the later carries the information on the plasma shape. The minimal goal is to demonstrate the anisotropic radiative transfer of resonance photons of Fe-K line in the accretion column by the spin-phase-resolved high-resolution spectra with 50 ksec observation of V834 Cen. The ideal goals is to perform the independent measurement of the density using the resonance lines in 10% accuracy and to detect the multi-temperature structure of the accretion column and constrain the plasma shape using atomic lines of O, Mg, Si, S, and Fe with 100 ksec observation.

FITS header

TELESCOP= 'XRISM   '           / Mission name
INSTRUME= 'XTEND   '           / Instrument name
OBS_ID  = '000159000'          / Observation identification string
OBJECT  = 'V834_Cen'           / Object name
OBSERVER= 'XRISM Collaboration' / PI name
OBS_MODE= 'POINTING'           / POINTING or SLEW or ALL
RA_OBJ  =             212.2804 / [deg] Object Right ascension
DEC_OBJ =             -45.2878 / [deg] Object Declination
RA_PNT  =     212.259031743008 / Pointing RA
DEC_PNT =    -45.2886368507723 / Pointing DEC
RA_NOM  =     212.279776472093 / [deg] Nominal aspect point R.A.
DEC_NOM =    -45.2877463024747 / [deg] Nominal aspect point Dec.
PA_NOM  =     110.164403190855 / [deg] Nominal aspect point roll.
TELAPSE =         311060.90625 / Elapsed time
DATE-OBS= '2024-01-29T17:26:13.093750' / Start date
DATE-END= '2024-02-02T07:50:34' / Stop date
ONTIME  =         137259.26863 / On-source time
EXPOSURE=         137259.26863 / Exposure time
PROCVER = '03.00.013.009'      / Processing script version
MKFFF   = 'ISAS/JAXA'          / Origin of First FITS file
ORIGIN  = 'GSFC/NASA'          / Origin of Processed FITS file
SOFTVER = 'Hea_21Aug2024_V6.34_XRISM_21Aug2024_V001' / Version of HEADAS used
CALDBVER= 'gen20240315_xtd20240815_rsl20240815' / Version of CALDB used
DATE    = '2024-09-24T03:02:26' / Date and time this file was created or updated
SIB2_VER=                      / SIB2 version JAXA

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